{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-nuclear-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-nuclear-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-30.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/461",
  "legislation_title": "The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/iran-sanctions-nuclear-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/30",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Acquisition of relevant goods and technology which are located in Iran or originate in Iran",
  "text": "(1) A person must not directly or indirectly acquire relevant goods and technology —\n(a) which originate in Iran, or\n(b) which are located in Iran.\n(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences).\n(3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—\n(a) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods or technology originated in Iran;\n(b) it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) (“Q”) to show that Q did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods or technology were located in Iran.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 30(1)(a)(b) substituted for words (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 7(j)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 30(3) substituted (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 7(j)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 30(4) omitted (29.9.2026) by virtue of The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 7(j)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 30 heading substituted (29.9.2026) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/983), regs. 1(2), 7(j)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 30 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 30 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2019/627, reg. 8(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/461/regulation/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:45:44.769063+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}